WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1151238832

In Chancery

Second of a series of novels about a large upper-middle-class London family of businessmen.

Open All Close All

type

about

alternateName

http://schema.org/alternateName

  • "In chancery"@en
  • "Forsyte saga"@en
  • "Forsyte saga: In chancery"@en

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "Second of a series of novels about a large upper-middle-class London family of businessmen."@en
  • "It is 1899. Old Jolyon has long since been buried at Robin Hill, and with the death of Aunt Susan in 1895 and Roger's funeral opening this instalment of the Saga, the Forsyte's are fast becoming aware of their mortality. Yet more problems beset the family. Montague Dartie leaves his wife for Buenos Aires to pursue his latest flame, a dancer. Young Jolyon's wife has died and his father entrusted him as executor of his will, ensuring that Irene receives the interest on the sum the old man left her. Motor cars are beginning to fill the streets of London and war with the Boers is about to be declared. Soames is now 44 years old, separated from Irene for 12 years and yearning for a son to whom he can leave his property. He meets and begins to woo Annette. Could she give him an heir? At first he favours the idea and prepares to seek a divorce, but meeting Irene again rekindles that desperate, unfulfilled passion. Why should she not come back to him? He informs Jolyon of his intentions, asking the artist to 'kindly leave her quite alone'; 'I can give you no such promise' comes the firm reply, and the battle begins in earnest."@en
  • "After suffering the death of her lover and abuse from her husband Soames, Irene Forsyte finally leaves her marriage for good. Though socially disgraced by her affair, she forms a bond with the late Old Jolyon, a father of the Forsyte clan who had grown distant from the family after reconciling with one of his outcast sons. The young Jolyon had been disinherited after divorcing his wife to marry a penniless foreign governess. Now, with both his father and his beloved wife dead, the younger Jolyon finds himself drawn in sympathy to Irene, who was so dear to Old Jolyon in his final days. Their shared troubles blossom into a romance, to the horror of Soames Forsyte."@en
  • "In the second novel of John Galsworthy's epic social satire, Irene finally leaves her marriage to the abusive Soames and forms a bond with the late Old Jolyon. The younger Jolyon, disinherited and divorced, finds himself drawn into sympathy for Irene, who was so kind to his father in his final days. Their shared troubles blossom into a romance, to the horror of Soames Forsyte."@en
  • "In Chancery, the second novel in John Galsworthy's epic social satire The Forsyte Saga, follows the events of A Man of Property. After suffering the death of her lover and abuse from her husband Soames, Irene Forsyte finally leaves her marriage for good. Though socially disgraced by her affair, she forms a bond with the late Old Jolyon, a father of the Forsyte clan who had grown distant from the family after reconciling with one of his outcast sons. The young Jolyon had been disinherited after divorcing his wife to marry a penniless foreign governess. Now, with both his father and his beloved wife dead, the younger Jolyon finds himself drawn in sympathy to Irene, who was so dear to Old Jolyon in his final days. Their shared troubles blossom into a romance, to the horror of Soames Forsyte."@en
  • "In this second book in the family's saga, Old Jolyon, in his Indian Summer, meets Irene and his own peace."@en
  • "Around the turn of the century the feud between Soames and his wife, Irene, ends in divorce. Soames subsequently remarries Annette, and the story ends with the birth of their child and the death of James Forsyte."@en
  • "Soames is separated from his wife Irene and at loggerheads with his cousin, "Young" Jolyon who is largely emancipated from the Forsyte credo."@en
  • "In Chancery is the second novel in John Galsworthy's epic Forsyte Saga, a brilliant social satire about an upper-class family. After suffering the death of her lover and abuse from her husband Soames, Irene Forsyte finally leaves her marriage for good. Though socially disgraced by her affair, she forms a bond with the late Old Jolyon, a father of the Forsyte clan who had grown distant from the family after reconciling with one of his outcast sons. The young Jolyon had been disinherited after divorcing his wife to marry a penniless foreign governess. Now, with both his father and his beloved wife dead, the younger Jolyon finds himself drawn in sympathy to Irene, who was so dear to Old Jolyon in his final days. Their shared troubles blossom into a romance, to the horror of Soames Forsyte."@en
  • "Written by Nobel Laureate, this epic sweeps from the 1880s through the 1920s, recounting the lives and loves of an upper-middle-class English family, the Forsytes."@en
  • "The feud between Soames and his wife, Irene, reaches the point of divorce and Soames subsequently remarries Annette in 1901."

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Epic fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks on compact discs"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "In Chancery"@en
  • "In Chancery"
  • "The Forsyte saga. In chancery"@en
  • "In chancery"@en
  • "In chancery"
  • "The Forsyte saga book 2"@en
  • "The Forsythe [i.e. Forsyte] saga. Book 2"
  • "Forsyte saga. book 2, In chancery"@en

performer

workExample